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EV policy in Australia remains utterly hopeless despite a growing body of international experience about what works, and despite the fact that Australia is an oil importer.

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The UK-built Solar Orbiter will track by our star on Monday at a distance of just over 77 million km.

Fish must be released into good quality water, with suitable habitat and lots of food. These conditions have been quite rare in Murray Darling rivers in recent years. Lee Baumgartner, Professor of Fisheries and River Management, Institute for Land, Water, and Society, Charles Sturt University Jamin Forbes, Freshwater Ecologist, Charles Sturt University Katie Doyle, Freshwater Ecologist, Charles Sturt University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Decision to ‘relocate’ the animals comes despite species recovery plan identifying such tactics as significant threat

Environment groups have questioned a federal government decision to approve the “relocation” of thousands of endangered spectacled flying foxes from the Cairns CBD despite a recovery plan for the species identifying dispersal tactics as a significant threat.

Cairns regional council received approval from the environment minister, Sussan Ley, to use noise and lights to try to disperse about 5,000 spectacled flying foxes from roosting trees near the city’s library.

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Long-running battle ends as coronavirus takes its toll on Coffs Harbour dolphin park

On the north coast of New South Wales, two traditional enemies have put aside their longstanding differences for a common goal: dolphins.

As the impact of coronavirus has hit the Dolphin Marine Conservation Park in Coffs Harbour, the zoo’s owners and animal rights advocates have come together to propose a radical plan – housing the animals in a semi-open sea enclosure.

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Redflow seeks minimum $6.25m and up to $23m to fast track development of its Gen3 flow battery as coronavirus hits delivery timetable.

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With Britons now discouraged from using public transport, a rapid increase in traffic and air pollution seems inevitable

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British towns and cities are braced for a rapid rise in traffic congestion when the lockdown eases on Monday after figures showed many of the countries that have already lifted restrictions have seen truck and car use rise above their pre-coronavirus levels.

Pollution levels are expected to soar and road deaths increase as cars crowd back on to roads to get to shops, zoos and workplaces opening for the first time since 23 March.

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Plant scientist Sir David Baulcombe argues we must adapt the way we produce food to meet future agricultural challenges

The agriculture bill, now going through parliament, could influence whether we use gene editing on our farms. At present, this country is out of line with the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Australia and Japan in that our regulatory framework prevents gene editing in crops and farm animals. A proposed amendment to the bill will not lead to unregulated use of gene editing but, if passed, it would give the secretary of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) the power to consult widely and make appropriate changes to the regulatory process.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has announced a new ‘One Sun One World One Grid’ (OSOWOG) vision for India to replicate its global solar leadership by encouraging the phased development towards a single, globally connected, electricity grid to leverage the multiple benefits of ever-lower-cost renewable energy. Countries like India have huge natural renewable energy...

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Miyawaki forests are denser and said to be more biodiverse than other kinds of woods

Tiny, dense forests are springing up around Europe as part of a movement aimed at restoring biodiversity and fighting the climate crisis.

Often sited in schoolyards or alongside roads, the forests can be as small as a tennis court. They are based on the work of the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, who has planted more than 1,000 such forests in Japan, Malaysia and elsewhere.

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Modelling suggests climate is considerably more sensitive to carbon emissions than thought

Worst-case global heating scenarios may need to be revised upwards in light of a better understanding of the role of clouds, scientists have said.

Recent modelling data suggests the climate is considerably more sensitive to carbon emissions than previously believed, and experts said the projections had the potential to be “incredibly alarming”, though they stressed further research would be needed to validate the new numbers.

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The first ever transaction in a new type of Brazilian carbon credit has been completed, with a conference company buying 100 units from a biofuel producer under the country’s renewable fuels market.

Red pandas in Nepal are being monitored in their last stronghold in the mountainous forests of Nepal.

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WCI regulated parties cut their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings for the second consecutive week, while speculators’ held their net long position flat, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data released Friday.

Focus should shift to renewables to avoid risk of being stranded with fossil fuel infrastructure, AMWU national secretary says

A member of a government Covid-19 recovery taskforce has rejected the overwhelming focus on gas as the path out of recession, saying the country risked ending up with stranded fossil fuel infrastructure and should be doing more to back renewable energy.

Paul Bastian, national secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and a member of a manufacturing taskforce advising the federal government’s handpicked National Covid-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC), said gas had a significant role to play, but the importance of cheap clean energy in cutting costs for industry had barely featured in public discussion when it should be “front and centre”.

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The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including ibises on the Nile and a vermilion flycatcher

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